## Description *Alexithymia* is a phenomenon where one struggles to recognize, describe, and express one's emotions. ## Meta Analysis (And My Opinion) Personally I struggle with identifying my own feelings, and it's hard for me to describe how I feel or what I feel. Sometimes I use the [[Feelings Wheel]] because I intuitively know what I'm feeling, but the name of the feeling doesn't come to mind. Additionally for the vast majority of the time I am feeling a stressful emotion, I tend to [[intellectualize my feelings]] which separates me from actually feeling them. Based on my personal experience, I view *Alexithymia* as a spectrum, especially for those raised as male in this patriarchal society. In a related sense, I also think this relates to how difficult I find the following situations: - Allowing Hannah to express her hurt feelings without feeling like I need to suppress her - Allowing myself to feel sad or angry - Identifying the underlying emotions or ## References [Alexithymia - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexithymia)